Asian Security Handbook: Terrorism and the New Security Environment / Edition 3

by William M. Carpenter, David G. Wiencek, James R. Lilley

Overview

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Asian Security Handbook focuses on the new challenges to security in the Asia-Pacific region presented by international terrorism. It reviews old security realities covered in previous editions, and highlights more recent security issues in the region, including the North Korean threat, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, the South China Sea dispute, and the future U.S.-China rivalry. Featuring contributions by a distinguished group of international security and Asia experts, this new edition has been reformatted and restructured. A new introductory chapter on terrorism sets the stage for the country-by-country profiles and assessments of the political-security situations in twenty-three individual nations. A new appendix on foreign terrorist organizations is also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765615527
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/2005
Series:	East Gate Books
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

James R. Lilley, William M. Carpenter, David G. Wiencek

Table of Contents

Asian Security Handbook; Introduction; Country Profiles; 1: Australia; 2: Bangladesh; 3: Brunei; 4: Burma; 5: Cambodia; 6: China; 7: India; 8: Indonesia; 9: Japan; 10: Laos; 11: Malaysia; 12: Mongolia; 13: Nepal; 14: New Zealand; 15: North Korea; 16: Pakistan; 17: The Philippines; 18: Singapore; 19: South Korea; 20: Sri Lanka; 21: Taiwan; 22: Thailand; 23: Vietnam

Editorial Reviews

Updates from 1996 country-by-country profiles of political security issues and geopolitical trends as well as potential conflicts in the Asian-Pacific region. Contributors from US government agencies, various Institutes and Projects, and even the occasional academic establishment (mostly in or near Washington DC) also look at the regional security framework, and multilateral security issues. New topics include illegal narcotics in southeast Asia, conflict potential in the South China Sea disputes, and country profiles of North Korea and Sri Lanka. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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